J.D. Bertrand
Atlanta FalconsPos LB
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 5, pick 143 · Atlanta Falcons · 2024
Notre Dame (FBS Independents)
Taken
#143
where he actually went
Consensus board
203rd
average of the public big boards that spring
Our college model
#518
among LB in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2021-2023 · 36 games
252 tackles, 22 TFL, 5.5 sacks
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 450 players taken as a fourth-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 38% earned a second contract and 26% became starters. The median one started 11 career games.